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The CPI(M) MP T K Rangarajan, who visited Sri Lanka recently along with Opposition Leader Ms Sushmaswaraj has said that the Tamil Leaders in the Island Nation wanted a political solution to the ethnic problem within the framework of a united Sri Lanka and no one raised the issue of a separate Tamil Eelam.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa arrived at Seoul Air Base in Seoul, South Korea for a four-day official visit on an invitation extended by his South Korean counterpart, President Lee Myung-Bak this morning.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike had a most visible foreign policy. Her daughter Chandrika, our worst post-independence leader led a disastrous policy whittling away our sovereignty. The overseas disaster which symbolized her cluelessness was nominating her distant cousin Senaka to be head of UNESCO, only to be disgraced by getting just one vote from around 200.

The head of Egypt’s armed forces has rejected accusations that the military is throwing its weight behind a candidate in next month’s presidential elections a day after thousands of people demonstrated against the ruling generals.

The Raipur police on Sunday said they have received information that abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon was safe even as spiritual leader Swami Agnivesh expressed willingness to mediate between the Naxals and the government.

It was not comfortable to read the news that the Assam Rifles violated ceasefire ground rules. But the quick admission of that by the Chairman of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG), Maj Gen (Retd) N George is appreciated. Let us discuss why we should protect peace.

The Northern Province Governor G.A. Chandrasri when speaking to 'Asian Tribune' said that at present the Northern Provincial Council has started promoting the cultivation of cash crops, especially Ginger.